Troops deployed to remote areas would have complete electronic voting under new legislation
Karen Jowers
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A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would create an end-to-end electronic voting system to make it easier for service members to vote when deployed to areas with limited postal service.
If it becomes law, the proposal would require defense officials to develop a plan for providing electronic voting services — to include registering to vote, requesting an electronic ballot, and completing and returning the ballot — to service members who vote in states that choose to participate in the electronic system.
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2021/07/14/troops-deployed-to-remote-areas-would-have-complete-electronic-voting-under-new-legislation/It won’t happen overnight. If it becomes law, it would require DoD to submit its plan to the House and Senate Armed Services committees within a year. A test would be conducted with a subgroup of eligible voters in participating states in the 2024 federal elections and, if all goes well, it would be expanded to all eligible military voters from the participating states in the 2026 federal elections.
